Plow



M. T. AND I. J. DOWDY.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. I1, 1920. 1&3K294. Patented 1922- 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

M1 Dowdy fffian dy M. T. AND I. J. DOWDY.

FLOW, v APPLICATIQN FILED (Mn .1], 1920. 1,437,294... m ted Nov. 28, 1922.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- I N VE N T038 M 7170mm? .ZQIDO lady I Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

" MORTON DOWDY AND mm inoww; be EeST BAKELB 'ELD, ce 'omm.

st w- To a-ZZWMw-m it may come 11,,- 1 Be it"know11 that we; MoR' ItT. DowDY and TRVIN J. D'owbig'ci tizei s. of theUhited States, residinp at East. Bakersfield, the COLlIitY of 156m and set I I I hat e'inventecl 1'16W end u setLLl' Ii proife "ments iirPlows; of which the following a specification. I

Ibi ob @011 Of th n en ien be Pr vide' 'a plow which be constri cted as v a gang-plow, end which is perticularly adapted for hillside plowilig. U j

"More p fiea l n t. is he o iet t Q th invention o P vid Plow Q this chef acter adapted to be niovedin opposite di rectior s so that the hillside wheel of the pl w m te d frb either S e f t e same. The reversingv mechelnis i inoludes me n fbr re e s n h P tion; 9f t e draft arm of the plow end reyersing the hillside wheel through the reversiiign ovement of the draft r The i oveiltik) Il 130 n e p ate? "t piqvi or o a m n lly operetededjustment whereby the downhill ee of h Plo maybe es urately i w tioned when the plow is moving ineither direction, in o der t pte i th P QP I' relation between the wheels ar d the direco of d af I i till ,fm li lr O j tp 'theinven:

v tion to provide means whereby the down h l e 6 bf th p ow be ind t ently raised and lowered with' relatioi to the plow, in or'de fto properly jpositiot the plow with relation to the *grourifc wher one or the other 01 thedowiihill Wheels r nhing in a furrow. I

It is'a still further object of the invention to provide means whereby-both of the downhill wheels ofthe plowh eiy" be raised and lowered with relation tgthe plow" through power driven mechanisrnyir order to move the plow into eitheroperative or. inoperative position. The other objects of the invention will be readily "lll lidelTS tOQd from the following descriptiofl of thes companying drawings in which I e Figure 1 a plan View ofe plow con:

structed in accordance with the invention; j Figures2 3 and 4; ere Yerticalisections on the lines 2-42, 33 and if-4 of Figure l.

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we se e em Figure 5 is e horizontalvsection on the I 1m 's of F e 2 e Figure 6f'isi e irertical section ,on the line 6-6,of Figure'L I i i 5 t re 7 's vertical pm ri gre 2. Fig1 1 re; '8 1s a ertical section on the line Figure 9 is i a, vertical Z+QlfFigure 8.Y e t Figure 10, isa; ertical section on the line 19% Q E ufe 2- plow comprisesa substeiitiall trifi lltlfli mfi QMI'y Ilg Ch? dOWnhill wheels lend 2 at the respective ends ofthe base 3 section on the" line section the liiie 60 triangle jorming the frame. The h lls de whee ie s supported at the apex of the trien e rme by he ms 5 an 6 6f the frame The dreft bdrY is tarrziilged to ei he p ie'i s ey'p d am i 5' ar 6 iii order thagtt the. {plow my be moved inop pos te,,clirect yithis'errangeinentit" w ll he understood that when the draft zirni. 1s H the position shown in" Figure 1, the' hillside will extend. iipwardly v from 1 the left.

he dside of the plow! ihthe direction v of itS me em it while th h llside w X d upwardly from-the 'r1ght hand :side of the v .pllowin theghrection ofthe iiiovemeiitof 0 he is i s ne, .wliefri thedraftfarmprojects beyonclthebei ivhen' the plow is moving 111 either; d1rect o1'1,-thewheels 1 and 2 will streddle the i urrowis being plowed, and seid f r ews 'Wfl i l p w -by e s-Q P disks errenged along the base loan The, i iyer tion contemplates the provision of thee-11s wherehythe Swinging ofthe draft arm from one to, the otheriof its operative positiplis 'will'tqrn theplow disks so as to 0 v operatively position the-Q same when the plow is., noying"infeitherv direction This movement ofthe draft arm is also arranged to;turnthejhills idewheel t into prop ei positio i. 'Mipri ielly controlled means are also .95 provided for licljustahly turning the dowii- 1 111 W els lend 2 so that they W111- be in proper) position relativetto the draft when the Q plow isLmo' ing iIieither direction.

ts an instence of this farrangement an erci ate plate 8 projects upwardly midway 1: the ie el of bar v3, nd th bearin 1 arm 1s in position within the same.

bracket 9 projects from said platein spaced relation above bar 3. A sleeve 10 is journaled in this bearing bracket, and the lower end of the same is provided with an annular lip 11 received in an annular bearing 12 provided in bar 3. A draft arm 7 is fixed to sleeve 10 and projects therefrom beneath the bearing bracket 9. The draft arm rests upon the upper side of arms 5 and 6, andat its draft position upon the respective arms the draft arm is arranged to be received in recesses 13 provided by lugs 14 extending upwardly through'the bars 5 and 6. it, catch 15 is pivoted to each of the lugs 1a. and is provided with a head 16 adapted to drop down over recess 13 after the draft The headflti is provided with a usual-tapered end adapted to lift the catch as the draft arms move into the recess. The catch is provided with an inclined abutment 17 adapted to be engaged by a bolt 18 carried by the draft arm. This bolt is guided longitudinally along the draft arm by means of a pin 19 extending through slot 20 in the bolt and said bolt may be projected and retracted by means of an actuating rod 21. As the draft arm is being moved into one or the other of its operative positions, bolt 18 is retracted and when the draft arm has been locked in position within one of the recesses 13 by means of the catch 16 and it is desired to release said catch in order to permit the ,moving of the draft arm to its other position; the bolt is projected forwardly so as to engage the inclined abutment and thereby swing the catch upwardly upon its pivot for releasing' the draft arm. i

The movement of the draft arm from one operative position to the other is arranged to swing the gang of plows carried by the implement into alinement with the'draft of the machine. For this purpose the plows are shown as disk plows which areeach journaled upon a supporting standard which extends through'thebar of the implement and is journaled in the same. The respective plow disks of the gang are arranged in spaced relation along the bar 3. Supporting s .unifl'ards 26journaled in the bar 3 have pinions 27 fixed upon their upper ends above the bar of the frame. These pinions all mesh w th a rack bar 28 extending along bar 3 and provided withsuitable ".means for guiding the rack bar during its reciprocating movement while in mesh with j the pinions 27. A link 28 is pivoted at its respective ends to the rack bar and to the draft arm, said link being so arranged that when the draft arm is in one operative position the rack bar will have been moved so as to turn pinions 27 to bring the gang of plows into alinement with the draft of the implement. lVhen the draft arm is swung to its other operative position the link is arranged to move the rack bar so as to partially rotate pinions 27 a sufficient distance to swing the gang of plows into alinement with the new directionof draft of the implement.

The movement of the draft arm is arranged to swing the hillside wheel a into alinement with the draft by the following described mechanism. I

j A supporting standard 30 depends from, and is journaled in the implement frame at the apex of the triangle formed by arms 5 and 6. This supporting standard is provided with a bracket arm 31 extending at its opposite ends above and below the frame means of suitable brackets 35. The supporting standard is arranged for turning movement relative to theimplement frame, and an operating arm 36 is fixed relative to the upper end of bracket 31 and is connected to the draft arm .so as to cause said turning movement of the supporting.standard when the draft arm is moved. vAs an instance of this arrangement the swinging end of oper ating 21111136 is provided with an elongated slot 3'? through which projects a pin 88 carried by the draft arm, the parts being so arranged that when the draft arm is swung from one position to the other the operating arm 36 will be turned a sufficient distance to bring wheel 1 into alinement with the draft of the machine. j

The manually operated means for adjusting the position of wheels 1 and 2 relative to the draft of the machine may be con.- structed as follows: I

The wheels 1 and 2 are each carried by a supporting rod 40 extending through the respective ends of bar 3 and axially slidable relative to the same. of rods 40 brackets 41 are provided, and the wheels I and 2 a re journaled upon shafts 1-2 between the rods 10 and the brackets The brackets 4-1 carry arms 13 projecting laterally from rods 4-0 and fixed thereto and actuating rods 4e: are each fixed at one of their ends to the respective arms 13. The opposite ends of rods l-f are pivoted to the end of a lever arm 15, as shown at etG. This lever arm is pivoted intermediate of its ends to the arcuate plate 8, and the free end of the lever forms a handle 16' by means of which the lever may be swung upon its pivot so as to actuate the rods 44. The parts are so arranged that the wheels 1 and 2 will be maintained in alinement during theadjust ment of the same, and the rotary adjustment of these wheels may be accuratelyregulated by moving the lever to any desired Upon the lower ends positionrelative to arcuate plate 8, The

arcuate plate is preferably provided with a plurality of notches 47, and the handle end of the lever} arm is-providedj with a usual retractible catch 48 adapted to be received in any one of t e notch s r m intai ing thelever armand wheels 1 and 2-in any de% sired adjusted position, k

The mou-ntingsfor wheels l and 2 where by said wheels may be raised or lowered relative to the implement frame consists of a U-shaped bracket 50 receivedovefr the upper end of each of the rods 40. The ends of the arms extend downwardly alongoppos-ite sides of the rods 4:0, and are pivoted to cranks 51 fixed upon a shaft 52 extending transversely of rod at. one side thereof and journaled in suitable brackets 58;carried by the bar 3. i o v A plate 54 is received upon the upper end of rod 40 between the arms of the u shaped bracket, said plate being provided with lugs projecting beyond the respective arm'sof the bracket at opposite sides of the same, as

shown at 55, in order to guide the U-shaped bracket duringreciprocating movement relative to'therod 40. The baseof the U- shaped bracket is spaced from plate 54,, and a shaft 56 is journaled in the bracket transversely of rod 40 in the space above plate 54:. This shaft may be turned by means of a crankhandle 57 andfcams 58 are fixed upon said shaft. By turning shaft-.56 the cams 58 may be either brought into engagQ Ilent or moved into disengagement with plate 54 in order to adjust the position of bracket armin relation to-rod 46; The shaft 52 being held against rotation and bracket arm.50 thus being fixed with relation to shaft 52 and the implement frame, when cams 58 are turned the'rod 40 and plate .54 willberaised and lowered withrelation to the implement frame, As aresult, thewheels l and 2carried by the rods 40 maybe independently raised or loweredwith relationto theiinplement frame through actuation of the respective shafts 56. These wheels may thus be adjusted so that the plows willproperly engage the ground when the one or the other plement frame, and extending from the bar "3 to the, supportng standard 'forthe hillside wheel 4. This shaft may be journaled in suitable brackets 6d depending from the implement frame. The parts are so arranged thatwhen shaft 63 is rotated-through a driving connection from wheel a, the actuating rod 61 will bemoved to turn shaft 52 through the cranks 60 in a direction toshift the brackets fiO downwardly with. relation tion of thesanie is automatically discon tinned and the shaft fixed against reverse rotation in order to maintain the plow disks in their elevated position. \Vhen it is again desired to lower the plow'disks to operative position, the shaft 63 is released and the weight of the implement will then cause a v reverse rotation of the'same in order to reverse actuating rods 61 andthereby lower the implement frame with relation to wheels 1 and 2. i i I The mechanism for thus actuating and controllingshaft 63 includes a shaft 65 journaled in the sleeve The bore of this sleeve isenlarged transversely as shown at i 66,- in order that the shaft journaled in said borejmay be laterally shifted with relation to the sleeve, The lower end of this shaftcarries a bevel gear 67 adapted to be moved into or out of meshing engagement with a bevel gear 68 carried by wheel 4:. Upon the upper end of shaft 65 a bevel gear 69 is fixed and this bevel gear meshes with the bevel gear 70 ournaled upon shaft '63. A suitable reduction gearing 71 is provided between bevel gear TOaiid the shaft 68.

, The means employed for shifting shaft 65 in the bore 66 so as to engage or disengage gear GZwith ear 68includes an oscillating 71 journaied upon a shaft. 7 2 extending transversely of the implementframe above the shaft 63. The oscillating arm is arranged between the ends of shaft 63, anda spring73 is fixed at its respective ends to the oscillating arm and to the shaft 72 for yieldably retaining the oscillating arm in substantially upright position. 1 A conn'ecting v,IOd -75"is-fixed tothe swinging end of arm 71 and at its opposite end is received around the shaft 65 so thatthe oscillation of arm 7lwillengage or, disengage the driving connection between wheel 4 and shaft 63.

Themeans empley'ed' for thus oscillating arm 1. includes yoke arm 76 having the armsof the'yoke connected to the respective e depend ngportions-74 of arm 71. The opposite end of arm76 is received in a bearing recess 77 provided in bar 3 surrounding sleeve 10. This end of arm '76 is a yoke having the respective arms 78 of the same received at the respective sides of the axis of sleeve 10. A pivot rod 79 is journaled in sleeve 10, and is provided with an arcuate lateral projection 80 at its lower end in alinement with the yoke arms 78.

A cross arm 81 is fixed upon the upper end ofrod 79 and links 82 connect the respective ends of this cross arm with foot pedals 83arranged upon opposite sides of the draft'arm 7. The parts are so arranged that with the draft arm in one or the other of its operative positions, depression of one or the other of pedals 83 will turn the arouate projection 80 so as to impinge against one or the other of yoke arms 78 for shifting the arm 76 so as to swing oscillating arm 71 forwardly. This movement of the oscillating arm will cause ear 67 to'mesh with gear 68 and thereby rotate shaft 63. It will be understood that with oscillating arm 71 in its normal position gears 67 and 68 are out of mesh.

The rotation of shaft 63 will elevate the plow frame, as previously described, and when the shaft has been turned a sufficient distance to cause said elevation, the oscillating arm 71 is automatically returned to normal position with gear 67 out of mesh with gear 68, and the shaft 63 is locked against reverse rotation. When it isdesired to again lower the plow frame the locking means for shaft 63 is released and the weight of the plow frame will then cause the same to be lowered to again bring the plow into operative position. For this purpose, a latch arm is pivoted to oscillating arm 71, and is provided with sides 91 extending on opposite sides of the oscillating arm. The latch arm 90 is also provided.

with an upwardly extending actuating finger 92 arranged to move the latch arm into operative or inoperative position when one gaged by a connecting arm This connecting arm is provided with a lug 94inranged to engage the finger 92 as the connec'ting arm moved forward in order to swing latch arm 90 into inoperative position. When the finger 92 is released the latch arm will swing by its own weight into operative position. At its rear end the con necting arm 93 is arranged as a yoke having its arms 95 received at opposite sides of sleeve 10 and adapted to be engaged by the arcuate projection 80 slightly in advance of the engagement between said arouate projection and the yoke arms 78.

By this arrangement it will be seen that when one or the other of pedals 83is depressed, the latch arm 90 will first be swung into inoperative positioinand the oscillating arm 71. will then be actuated for causing rotation of shaft Gil A lug is fixed upon shaft 63 for rotation with the same. A shoulderfl98 is formed upon arm 71 and when shaft 63 has been rotated the desired distance, the lug 97 is arranged to impinge against said shoulder for swinging arm 71 back to normal position, thereby disengaging the driving connection for the shaft. The foot pedal 83 having been previously released, the latch arm 90 will then swing back to operative position with its sides 91 at opposite sides of the lug 97. The lug is thus held against movement, and, as a con sequence, the shaft 63 is held against rotation. When it is desired to lower the plow framethe shaft 63 is released in order to permit reverse rotation of the same by depressing pedal 83 a sufficient distance to move latch arm 90 into inoperative position without swinging arm 71 so as to make engagement hetween'wheel 4t and shaft 68. The lug 9'? is now free fo rotation, and the weight of the plow frame will cause said rotation of the lug and shaft 63 in the reverse direction in order to again lower the frame. I

Various changes may be made in the construction as thus described, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A reversible plow having a frame supporting separate earthworking appliances, toothed wheels fastened to the shafts of said appliances, a rack engaging said toothed wheels, a link connecting said rack and draft arm so asto reverse said appliances when the draft is reversed.

2. A plow comprising a supporting frame, separate earthworking appliances having vertical shafts rotatably mounted in the frame, a shiftable draft arm arranged for draft in opposite directions, toothed wheels upon the shafts of the earthworking appliances, a rack engaging the toothed wheels and connected to the draft arm so that when the draft arm is shifted the appliances are. shifted, down hill wheels for supporting the frame at opposite sides of the earthworlring appliances, a hill side wheel for support ng; the other side of the frame and h aving a vow tical shaft, and an arm connected to the vertical shaft of the hill side wheel and having slidable engagement with the draft arm so that shifting of the draft arm turns the hill side wheel.

3. A plow comprising a supporting frame, separate earthworking appliances having vertical shafts rotatably mounted in the frame, a shiftable draft arm arranged for draft in opposite directions, toothed wheels upon the shafts of the earthworking ap pliances, a rack engaging the toothed wheels and connected to the draft arm so that when the draft arm is shifted the appliances are shifted, down hill Wheels for supporting the frame at opposite sides of the earthworking llO appliances, a hillside wheel for supporting the other side of the frame and having a vertical shaft, an arm connected to the vertical shaft of the hill side wheel and having slidable engagement with the draft arm so that shifting of the draft arm turns the hill side wheel, arms extending from the shafts of the down hillwheels, a hand lever, and connections between the hand lever and the arms for shifting the downhill wheels.

4. A plow comprising a triangular frame, disc plows having vertical shafts in. oneside of the frame, down hill wheels for supporting the ends of that side of the frame, a

of the frame, a rack and gear connection between the vertical shafts, a shiftalole draft arm arranged for draft in opposite directions and for operating the rack, an arm connected to the shaft of the hill side wheel and having a sliding connection with the draft arm so that shifting the draft arms shifts the disc plows and hill side wheel, and means for shifting the down hill wheels.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to vthis specification. i M. T. DOWDY.

I. J. DOWDY. 

